Show I 1 I 1 RACY the letter idler we bubli li toi arr v matilda davison didow of bev 10 solomon 1 01 union dius inz on the origin of the iho cook book ot of mat monnon anon is 13 of odai a aai lipiac an torto ter to arrest uio the attention or ciely thoughtful mornion Mo it first crt arder pealed acan d in the hoston Bost emil acol for bily ty years ago and was wag written in answer to lo inquiries front from rev D II 11 austin of mouson monson mass law ilich lill lilla acra erig ara Vm Davison divi ion wag wa then believers in iti odein rai nacle are required to irive ere cie benco to tile that joseph smith an youth of h regular desultory babits 1 as visited 1 by somo some supernatural sn pern alii ral agency alic the angel foroni oui and informed of the alio c it ene of a package pic kaye of golden plates c d in in the a earth on oil which were inscribed legends of tho ten tell 1 fit li ibbs of and their tinn on this continent by war warfare warf faie dic acting upon this divine rei revelation elation the youth dag up the plates plate in tile village or of manchester ontario county comity ken New along W with ith two stones tire lire tit mini ina baini which stones posse possessed ed tile ini unions Lu powei of CD ea aLling labling the lio find er to read the lie mystic characters and translate them into biblical Lib lical english tit taic slot story y is too monstrous for belief by any pelson not blinded by hit superstition the nook book of mormon exit eita and is accept accepted cA ain ai a dame accord by the follower full of joseph smith and having an ext terne it luimit necessarily have biad ad some ori gin tin tito tiro lady above named bained tells us in fi a and candid in manner aliner low the hie look came to be u ritten her ima bus hand band a elea gyman in feeble health wro wrote to it to amuse ins has lei leisure stane hours laouis in conneaut Conn Conne raut aut ashtabula county ohio obio w fact a lie lived lie became interested in fl a number of inbounds and other ioni ains of nn an ancient arid and pi ino bably etina eti nl I 1 I 1 lace ace arid and being oud budow olied eil with ith a lively imagination lie conceived the idea of writing an all of abi race of ancient builders at lie elaborated chapter li apter after chap ter of this st strange nar narrating lie would gather his neighbors together of an all evening arid and read to them the product of his big fanciful baltan it seem seems they lacy t became interested in flip ohp wild ion lo manre tance and this his led the nu an that to believe that profit might bo be d rived front roni its publication ile ec iti oving then hen to mr sp auldine submitted tod ins its manuscript to a mr patterson it a newspaper editor and general publisher la in his hands thc jhc manuscript remained for some time sidney Jl Ri igdon gilon w m lio ito had some connection w m ith the print inn iniz office having ft diee ee access to it iz bigdon land linen been the alio boanerges of the new faith says Sten stenhouse bouse arid and land imd given it tho the first impel tnt aid it laid had received ile he had bad been a preacher in ohio possessed cicat force as an e ex of doL doctrine trilis and exercised considerable influence a oica par his congregation Be becoming corning converted to the faith of joseph joawph smith lie ho to took ok to the latter day clay religion so sly hIr that he be is said to have carl ilea led avei over all his has ful followers lowers to the new faith tile the prophet joseph found in this ardent disciple dia ciple a man ant suited to his bis uses a fierce zealus a fervid orator arid and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest I 1 hie lie ing romance m lich purported ted to he be copied ficano in an ancient from the lie remains of an race he seemed to have found adopted to his bis own use and v m hile bile it lay unheeded in the printing office lie a copy to be made of its contents thus says mrs davison Ba vison an romance alith the addition of a few eions and extracts ex ficara the sacred scriptures Scrip Script utes has been CODs construed trued into a new bible and palmed off upon a company of deluded eluded fanatics fanatic as divine divin tito the chabter of the v n riter is attested hy by two respectable clergy men lier her neigh neighbors boN and the statement she makes is cot ro borated by a witness who was familiar wit with dings writings gs and i who he recognized many passages in the book of met mon as copied verbatim ficara that author here is the imposture upon the inventors of the mormon ic ligion joseph sul smith th when sta stait I 1 t ing out upon neon his prophetic career besides having baling direct communication with math heavenly I 1 elli genes and the ancient c len t order of priesthood found it ne to concoct a new bible solomon dings ss manuscript with a little altering over was found adapted to his pul pose and in order to foist it upon the v m orld as ft a divine ie lie conjured up argel moroni tile the finding of tile plates arim arid and and tile many other details necessary to complete tile the fraud Sten houM bouso in lin iiii analysis of ithe auld IN ju id bible says sayi abo ofilio modem incident prophet as to tile 01 wit of the look book cannot i ell be invalidated what lie says may be sheer falsehood and aa 1 such 6 the degardi the statement stat eliepa but of itella it furnishes furnn liei no opportunity lor for disproof after this singular admission mission the author anthor to ex cx pose the fraudulent character clia ratler of the kite book k by its internal int cinal einal evidences in ho aborca of P a ingerl flon holy W art t with the errors of preserved in juxtaposition with the 0 on gindl even a passage fiam helm hall lets soliloquy Is shown pro cading ding aiom ft out tile the mouth of lehi w atio he aired lii cd eara earo before christ who in addressing his sons speaks of the althe cold and silent biale rial c front from v licence no traveler ic tunis b i is id no cunil ca d country hemn be be NO L li tor tho the purpose of tile endorsement dor of if science martin ilai ha euba bro eted I 1 some santa copies unno from run the plaats it abes to to p probes I 1 or aurbon Aut lion of N naw nsw w J yoi oi I 1 k L thi abia is leai bcd philologist described the cliar aLters as ar a lar medley of gieck huliew i and all abito 01 is of letters more or less dis to ald either or ordet debian ign and intermingled with willi sundry of halfmoon half moon atara and other natural objects the elie whole ending in ill a rudo rude tion of alio autin but in addition to this evidence wo we uller dundur stand that a gentleman in this lity is collating collit ting vely test moll mony y from original bounces iliah will com invalidate inva tho the state ment or of the modern as aa to the origin of the look book in ili pitts pitta ierg alic originated and taci care are stul still surviving in that city a number of reputable rein lallo a stiens m lio ito m vero ere acquainted with the achot s in tile the arid and who lave have furnia bed statements which retailer render the chain of evidence complete wo va do not expect that any expos espos at c of error N would cold have any deflect upon the blind credulity of the more igno ignorant lant believers in the latter day dispensation because they lime liao revor rever been timed to the exea cise of it iason a arid and have no judgment to lei weigh tho value for flub fi faith onre once arili wr ili 10 1 fici 0 to e allic dar ULU fuls ru loul klumm ii it to 10 the just I 1 1 that iut it nill mill ile be useful to lo convict tho present leaders of the anon church of deliberate fraud arid and imposture those these men veu enove that the ilie book or of mornion 0 was o as mr in its 01 biffin gotten up liy by joserh smith anil and his big accomplices 1 ices to deceive tile unwary and they al alo know thatis eliat if ibis thi truth struth should gain pain a recognition and their so called liable ito bo discredited file whole eitnie of the latter jay day dispensation falls to the pound ground alence they willfully and pet foster the lie ile deluding their followers that they rally inny live and fatten on the impo tuie this accounts fur for their to gentile schools arid and explains tile tho prohibition imposed upon the employment of little generalao gene ralo teachers in raimon schools Delu delusion lc luion bion and impo imposture can only floii ili where acro mental prevails and the simeal of in zion would in tiling ing speedy thin mm to the entire prophetic business and because wo believe flat it a full all anil complete espos expos hiie 0 or of joseph smiths smith s trick of legerdemain ili in leaning Solo solomon lilo spaulding Ming s manucci Manu apt found into the hie look book of would be interesting te to inquirers of tho lie present age and would le convincing to a number of the moro more icso saints ie e hope to see the results of our fellow ton townsman naiman s well directed ches put into print with the least delay practicable |